Vargeisa Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 9)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 9 (Vargeisa/Álfsól, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 501.
text and translation
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr, at þú Ölvi grandir;
vertu honum heill, hilmir; hann er þér hollr, fylkir.
Láttu eigi illmæli æða lund þína;
vel þér vini tryggva; vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn.
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr, at þú grandir Ölvi; vertu honum heill, hilmir; hann er þér hollr, fylkir. Láttu eigi illmæli æða lund þína; vel þér tryggva vini; vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn.
‘Do not be so furious, man, that you injure Ǫlvir; be true to him, ruler; he is loyal to you, king. Do not let slander enrage your temperament; choose for yourself trustworthy friends; be loyal to them, lord. ’
notes and context
Predictive of the next episode of the saga, in which Hjálmþér will display brief and inexplicable anger towards his comrade, even threatening his life, Vargeisa warns the hero not to harm Ǫlvir.
The stanza is full of gnomic wise advice that Vargeisa offers Hjálmþér in his role as a leader of men; cf. Hávm 44 and Anon Hsv 49, 50, 52, 60 and 74VII. — [1-2]: Cf. HHund II 51/1-2 (NK 161), Verðu eigi svá œr, | at ein farir ‘Do not be so mad as to go alone’.
readings
- [3] hilmir: ‘himler’ papp6ˣ
- [5] illmæli: illmæla ÍBR5ˣ
- [6] æða: so inserted above the line between illmæli and lund in another hand papp6ˣ, om. 109a IIIˣ, aldrí ÍBR5ˣ
- [7] tryggva: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘trygga’ 109a IIIˣ
- [8] vertu: vert papp6ˣ, ok vert ÍBR5ˣ
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx) — 268r/7 - 268r/11
imagesVertu ei svá ærr, maðr,
at þú Ölvi grandir;
vertu honum heill, hilmir;
hann er þér hollr, fylkir.
Láttu eigi illmæli
lund þína;
vel þér vini †trygga†;
vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn.Wertu | ey so ær madr ad þu olvi grandir vertu honom heyll | hylmir hann er þier hollr fylkir lattu ey illmæle | lvnd þyna vel þier vine trygga vertu þeim hollvr | drottinn
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 49r/1 - 49r/4
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr,
images
at þú Ölvi grandir;
vertu honum heill, †himler†;
hann er þér hollr, fylkir.
Láttu eigi illmæli
æða lund þína;
vel þér vini tryggva;
vert þeim hollr, dróttinn. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 88 - 88
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr,
images
at þú Ölvi grandir;
vertu honum heill, hilmir;
hann er þér hollr, fylkir.
Láttu eigi illmæla
aldrí lund þína;
vel þér vini tryggva;
ok vert þeim hollr, dróttinn.
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